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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1932
Page
9
Hog prices moved higher with bids around 3.10 and receipts modest, while cattle and calf markets held steady. Veal and sheep trade showed varying strength with choose cattle around 2.50 to 3.25, and hogs trading in the 3.00s as shippers and buyers balanced supply and demand across regional markets.
Minneapolis market reports steady to lower grain prices with June declines led by wheat. July wheat down 1 1/2 cents, oats and rye softer, cash demand fair to good for high protein wheat, durum in demand for milling, and carlot ranges show mixed durum and amber durum values across Minneapolis and Duluth.
Huron Poultry and Eggs items show prices for hens, cocks, and eggs. Leghorn hens and over hens listed with weights, Buck Brothers Furnished items, and varied market quotes for hides, wool, and pelts. Chicago Butter and Egg futures, eggs at various grades, and New York and Sioux Falls bulletins included with regional potato and flour notes.
New York stocks moved listlessly as traders ended dull sessions with a weak closing tone. Investors reacted to recent advances but failed to sustain momentum amid tentative trading and modest gains.
Seattle June 7 A New England born lecturer Mrs Grace Morrison Poole of Brookstone Massachusetts is elected president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs an organization with about two million members. Other officers named include First Vice President Mrs Eugene B Lawson Tulsa Oklahoma Recording Secretary Dunbar Portland Oregon and Treasurer Mrs Edward Hammett Sheboggin Wisconsin with six year terms for Felix T SeeWhirter Indianapolis and Mrs Frank Warren Layapolis Indiana.
Washington reports Representative LaGuardia of New York says the Republican party is breaking a platform pledge by proposing to strike wage cuts for federal employees from the economy bill. He cites the party’s wage high stance and notes the chair will return to sustain the pledge. Market notes show declines in major stocks as Auburn rises.
Readable OCR fragment lists numerous companies with varied share figures and percentages across industries. Notable entities include AM Can, AT&T Site, Armour, Gen Motors, GM, RCA, United Aircraft, US Steel, Westinghouse, and Woolworth, with multiple percentage quotes and stock identifiers.
Circuit Judge Aiva E. Taylor signed a divorce decree yesterday after a hearing at the courthouse. Mrs. Dougherty cited cruel treatment and neglect and had her maiden name George Helen Wilhelm restored. The couple, employed at the Safe School in Hed'sfield, have no children.
Mrs. T. 5. Thompson of Colorado Springs Colo died May 6 at her home. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery there. A pioneer of Beadle county she moved from Wisconsin during the Dakota era. She and her husband were the first couple married in Custer township and their oldest child was the first white birth there. They lived 25 years on a farm southeast of Huron. Thompson visited China to see daughter MayBel, a missionary, and taught English and Bible there. Survived by four children Laura Foster Thomas and MayBel.
Washington June 17. House and senate conferees on the economy bill broke up without agreement and one member called them hopelessly deadlocked. A meeting was set for this afternoon to try to resolve the furlough plan dispute, with House conferees favoring straight pay ceils for government employees. Most conferees doubted a quick agreement and predicted the bill would return to both houses for further instructions.
Don Livingston of Watertown, a pioneer of Codington County, died at his home after a brief illness. A homesteader since the eighties, he held county offices and became South Dakota’s first director of the agriculture department in 1937, later serving as marketing commissioner and Hoover administration official. Also notes William Stubbs of Willow Lake died after an operation at a Huron hospital.
Old Spanish Trail east of the Mississippi will be paved this summer. Only 18 miles on this side remain unpaved. Thames of the Mississippi highway commission says equipment will start in June. Colors of 3,980 bricks recorded by the bureau of standards show ranges from light buff to deep red.
The Nevada American Legion endorses a proposal to pay World War I veterans the soldier bonus in silver or silver certificates. The move aims to honor service members with tangible metal payments and may influence state policy debates.
University of Nevada chemists report oil from local sage brush contains 49 percent camphor. They say camphor presence helps protect the plant against excessive evaporation in the desert environment.
Threshermen and farmers from across South Dakota arrive in Watertown for a five day picnic and machinery exhibit sponsored by the South Dakota Brotherhood of Threshermen. H E Borneman of Sioux Falls arrives to oversee plans while Gow Warren Green and A L Ford will give main talks Saturday at City Park Lake Kampeska. Last year thousands attended the event featuring modern farming machinery displays.
National Guardsmen of the 199th Engineers start firing at Camp Rapid after reveille at 4 43 AM as orders require the unit to be on the firing line by 6 00 AM. The Black Hills battalion fires about 12 rounds then swaps with the first battalion to continue practice. Artillery units also train with heavy guns, preparing for a full field inspection tomorrow.Hospitals report admissions and discharges including Plaud McNames Carthage minor surgical Edward Bashke Ban croft minor surgical and Verna Ruth Rayner Hur on Forest Loser Huron.
Beadle County farmer Roy Cave said web worms are present in large numbers in fields southwest of He and south of Wirt Cave, threatening pasture and weed crops. Officials urge farmers to apply a poison bait, mixed with sweetened water, and reapply after rain as worms mature into yellow moths.
June 12 rapid city unit woke to heavy rain dampening tents and delaying reveille. Company C shifted to tear gas study while guards dried floors and Sergeant Cullen trained rifle marksmanship in the afternoon. Boxing results included Renshaw over Bailey by knockout and Seeman defeating Mohair, with C and E teams contesting 11 9. Colonel Peck and sergeants aided many men who wandered off as dawn broke.
A Johnson school group led by B. K. Stewart and mothers toured nearby sites with De Smet and Huron educators. The planned trip, delayed from late May, was postponed due to weather. Sioux Falls building permits issued in May totaled 44 625 dollars.
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